The Standard – Kenya: Atieno puts the Starlets in good hands: Kenya will play Ethiopian semi-final | The standard



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By Rebecca Jebet:

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Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at 00:13 GMT +3
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Poline Atieno of goalkeeper Harambee Starlets in his match against Equatorial Guinea in the first leg of the AWCON qualifier at Kenyatta Stadium in Machakos County on Wednesday, June 6, 2018. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

The National Women's Team Football seeks to impose itself against Ethiopia.

When Kenya's National Women's Football Team, Harambee Starlets will face Ethiopia in its third match of the CECAFA Championships today at Stadio Kigali, Nyamirambo, goalkeeper Pauline Atieno will be very interested.

The Starlets, who remain without a win since their first two games, hope their best goalkeeper remains stoic while they seek their first point maximum when they play against Ethiopia starting at 3 pm .

Atieno has conceded twice in his last two games and for Kenya to record its first win, the goalkeeper will play a key role in their campaign.

This will be a repeat of the semi-final clash of the last edition where Kenya won a 3-2 win to qualify for the final against Tanzania, but lost 2-1 to finish second .

This will be a tricky affair for the team coached by David Ouma who struggled after the release of the second round of the African Nations Cup of Nations.

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They lost 3-2 on aggregate to former continental champions, Equatorial Guinea.

In the lead-up to today's game, Kenya drew 1-1 against Tanzania's Kilimanjaro Queens, while Ethiopia defeated hosts , She Amavubi of Rwanda, 3-0 to bring their score to four, three ahead of Kenya.

Rwanda took a brisk start following a 1-0 win over Tanzania fans at the opening of the championship.

This was the first victory for Ethiopia, which was shocked after losing 1-0 to the Crested Cranes of Uganda in the opening game during their match. opening.

Kenya also lost by the same margin against Uganda at the opening of its championship.

Both teams hope to collect the most points in the five-nation championships, as the tournament is played round the clock.

The team with the most points will be crowned champion of the regional tournament.

Players to watch in today 's match include fast forward Neddy Atieno and Mwanahalima Adam.

Harambee Starlets will seek advice from their captain Atieno, who should partner with Adam in search of goals.

Atieno has not yet scored in this championship, while Adam has scored a goal on a corner of Tanzania.

Esse Akida, who starred in the last edition with five goals, has not yet shown her prowess, but she should be the key to this game.

Ethiopia, meanwhile, will be propelled by its experienced striker Meselu Abera, who scored their first match in their match against Rwanda. They will also have Senaf Demise, who was also on the match sheet against Rwanda.

After three days, Uganda is leading with six points, despite losing 4-1 to Tanzania.

Tanzania is second with four points, Ethiopia third with three, Rwanda fourth (three points) and Kenya with one point.

Uganda will play against Rwanda at the late send-off.

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